Horse-collar fastening



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J. w. ALBRIGH T. HORSE COLLAR FASTENING. No. 258,342.. Patented May'ZB, .1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALBRIGHT, OF YARMOUTH, IOWA.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,342, dated May 23, 1882.

Application filed November 14, 1881. (No model.)

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Figure 1 is a front elevation of a horse-collar to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is an end view of one end of the collar, showing the slotted part of the fastening. Fig. 3 is an end view of the other end of the collar, showing the bolt part of the fastening. Fig. 4

' is abottom view of the lower part of the collar. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation ofthe same, taken through the linear 00, Fig. 4.

This invention relates to collarsthat open at the bottom; and its object is to promote convenience in fastening and unfastening the collar.

The invention consists in a horse-collar fastening constructed in two parts, one of which is made with sockets and end slots, the other being provided with catch-bolts to engage with the sockets and end slots, whereby the collar can be readilyfastenedand unfastened,widened and narrowed, as will be hereinafter l'ully described.

A represents the collar, which is made open at the bottom and closed at the top. In the lower ends of the collar A are placed the parts B (J of the fastening, which are designed to be cast of malleable iron, or of some other suitable inaterial, and are made hollow to allow them to be light while having the necessary size and strength. The parts B O of the fastening are made thin along the central line to form a seat for the hames, and the said thin parts or webs are perforated to receive the stitches that secure the leather of the collar to the said fastening. The outer end of the part B is made with double walls to form a socket, D, to receive the heads of the catch'bolts E, screwed into the end of the part 0 of the fastening. The bodies of the catch-bolts E enter slots F in the end of the said part B.

With this construction the collar is fastened by pushing the bolts E into the sockets I) and slots F, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and is unfastened by withdrawing the said bolts from the said sockets and slots.

With this construction the collar can be widened by screwing the catch-bolts E out, and can be narrowed by screwing the said bolts in.

To one part of the collar A, near its lower end, is secured the end of a leather flap, G, to overlap the joint between the ends of thecollar A and prevent the pole-strap from being drawn into the said joint. To the flap G is attached a keeper, H, to receive the pole-strap and to prevent it from dropping oti' when the collar is unt'astencd.

Having thus described my invention, [claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination, with the part B, provided with the socket D, and the vertical slots F,openin g into the said socket, of the part (3, provided with the screw-threaded catch-bolt E, substantially as shown and described,whereby the collar is adapted to be widened, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the collar A, made open at the bottom, and provided with a flap overlapping the joint, of the keeper H, secured to the said flap, substantially as shown and described, whereby the pole-strap is prevented from dropping off when the collar is un fastened, as set fort JOHN WESLEY ALBRIGHT.

Witnesses:

GEORGE ZIEN, J. K. BURGE. 

